Written answers

Wednesday, 18 May 2005

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

 
  • Quigley Report
    Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made with regard to implementation of the recommendation made in the recent report by Mr. Dermot...
  • Radon Gas Levels
    Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce free testing for radon gas in areas of high radon (details supplied). [16460/05]
  • Election Management System
    Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of public money spent to date on the storage of electronic voting equipment; if he is satisfied that...
  • Departmental Records
    Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, when he is asked for information relating to matters (details supplied) which under a European directive...
  • Radioactive Waste Disposal
    Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which radioactive waste is disposed of here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16442/05]
  • Nuclear Plants
    Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent accident at Sellafield; the nature of the assurances made to his Department by the...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable housing units delivered specifically through Part V of the Planning and...
  • Service Charges
    Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date in regard to his discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs...
  • Nuclear Safety
    Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policies he is pursuing at the International Atomic Energy Agency to highlight the dangers of Sellafield;...
  • Waste Management
    Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the representations he received regarding changes to guidelines on the acceptance of waste; the nature of such...
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed task force to deal with the non-implementation of EU regulations by his Department;...
  • Nuclear Safety
    Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the opinion of the European Commissioner for Energy (details supplied) that the European Union...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address the issue of the long waiting list for local authority houses; if he has issued directions...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to centralise all tenant purchase, shared ownership and affordable housing schemes as recommended by...
  • Housing Policy
    Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made by the Government in its consideration of the recent NESC report on housing; and if he will...
  • Radon Gas Levels
    Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons believed to have died here in each of the past five years as a result of exposure to...
  • Agricultural Schemes
    Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if analyses of soil samples resulting from the spreading of Biofert in County Carlow complied with all aspects...
  • Waste Disposal
    Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made in dealing with the odour problem at the Ringsend waste water treatment...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the County Kerry wastewater villages advanced study in order to allow Kerry County Council...
  • Recycling Policy
    Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on his discussions with the newspaper industry in relation to the recycling of newsprint;...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that planning authorities are complying with Childcare Facilities: Guidelines for Planning...
  • Private Rented Accommodation
    Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers employed by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; its annual budget; and if he will make a...
  • National Spatial Strategy
    Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the National Spatial Strategy; and if he will make...
  • Local Authority Lands
    Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in compiling a comprehensive register of land owned by local authorities as recommended...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority units which do not have either hot water or central heating; and the funding...
  • Housing Policy
    Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's policy on second homes. [16521/05]
  • Local Authority Staff
    Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the staffing limits his Department has placed on each local authority; and if it is intended to review the...
  • Waste Disposal
    Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department received the study prepared by the Health Research Board on the health implications of...
  • Water Pollution
    Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the failure of some local beaches to meet EU bathing water standards as highlighted in the...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status with regard to the proposed Critical Infrastructure Bill, which was first announced in October...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to increase affordable housing output; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement in relation to the recent European Court of Justice judgment against the State in...
  • Waste Management
    Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to receive the results of the Office of Environmental Enforcement audit of dump sites used...
  • Radon Gas Levels
    Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in implementing the RPII's radon programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • International Agreements
    Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has had contact with his US counterpart regarding the failure of the US to ratify the Kyoto Protocol;...
  • Fire Service
    Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the recommendations of the 2002 Government commissioned report on the fire service, including the...
  • Nuclear Plants
    Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the issues raised in the recent report of the RPII visit to Sellafield; and if he will make a...
  • Local Government Reform
    Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of his plans for local government reform, including the provision of directly elected mayors in...
  • Local Authority Staff
    Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers employed by each local authority for the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; the category under which they...
  • Water Pollution
    Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to assist local authorities and community groups to clean up beaches and to improve amenities in...
  • Archaeological Sites
    Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the matters discussed at his meeting with the director of the National Museum on 12 May 2005; if he will...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to introduce open and transparent tender procedures for all voluntary housing projects as...
  • Social Welfare Schemes
    Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is evidence for the recent public assertion that there is widespread abuses of the rent allowance...
  • Waste Management
    Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether small electrical retail outlets will have a difficulty in fulfilling their obligations...
  • EU Directives
    Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility and which have yet to be implemented...
  • Decentralisation Programme
    Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to the number of his Department's Dublin based staff who have applied through the...
  • Water Pollution
    Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assurances he will give to communities in Balbriggan and Skerries that the quality of bathing water at...
  • Waste Disposal
    Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to tackle emissions from backyard burning; if he has monitored an increase in such burning in recent...
  • Local Authority Services
    Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that the taxpayer receives value for money from local authorities; and if he...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the serviced land initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16423/05]
  • EU Directives
    Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the likely cost to the State in fines if Ireland fails to implement the outstanding EU directives for which he...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to increase voluntary housing output; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider improvement of the quality and timeliness of his Department's information on the extent...
  • Waste Disposal
    Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce civic amenity centres specifically to meet the needs of small and medium size...
  • National Monuments
    Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to consolidate the national monuments code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16419/05]
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in view of the amendment to the capital assistance scheme, introduced in November 2001, if the details of...
  • Radon Gas Levels
    Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of directives issued by the RPII to employers to measure radon gas in the workplace; the number of...
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the progress of the report to the EU Commission detailing the way in which Ireland is dealing...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the 30% maximum discount to prospective tenant purchasers of local authority housing; and...
  • Homeless Persons
    Question 171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has plans to expand vastly the provision of move-on accommodation designed to enable...
  • Water Pollution
    Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assurances he will give to communities in Laytown and Bettystown in County Meath that the quality of...
  • Waste Management
    Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the underspend on waste management for each year since 2000 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Building Regulations
    Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether his Department has protected the hollow block construction industry (details supplied);...
  • Departmental Capital Projects
    Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent of overrun on the various projects publicly advertised for tender by his Department in the past...
  • Rural Housing
    Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of additional dwellings he expects to be built in rural areas as a result of the changes he...
  • Waste Management
    Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 4 November 2004, the reason he has stated subsequently that he...
  • Nuclear Plants
    Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the initiatives he has taken to advance the Sellafield issues; if he has taken steps at international level;...
  • Sustainable Energy Strategy
    Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved the draft action plan on the implementation of the EU directive on the energy performance...
  • Noise Pollution
    Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review and simplify the complaints procedure, legislation and regulation in the area of noise...
  • Anti-Poverty Strategy
    Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the efforts he is making at local authority level to reduce poverty; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Waste Management
    Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the research and development on modern non-burn alternative treatments for...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made with regard to the announcement on 24 February 2005 to swap State-owned lands for private...
  • Local Authority Funding
    Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make funds available to Carrick-on-Suir Town Council to appoint a tenants liaison officer; and if...
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures currently in place to gather and recover chlorofluorocarbons from discarded fridges and freezers...
  • Planning Issues
    Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the Law Society's report, Discriminatory Planning Conditions: the Case for Reform; and if he will...
  • EU Directives
    Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of his Department's implementation of the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on...

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